forwarded

noun

(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).

(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

(ice hockey) An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.

(basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.

(nautical) The front part of a vessel.

(Internet) An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.

(finance) A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.

A surname.

A place name:

A hamlet and former village in the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan, Canada.

A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

An unincorporated community in the town of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin, taken from the Wisconsin state motto.

Misspelling of foreword (“preface or introduction”). [An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).]

(dialectal or obsolete) Agreement; covenant.

verb

(transitive) To advance, promote.

(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.

(transitive, bookbinding) To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.

(intransitive, Caribbean) To arrive, come.

adjective

(not comparable) Situated toward or at the front of something.

(of troops, guns etc.) Situated toward or near the enemy lines.

Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.

Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.

(figuratively) Moving in the desired direction of progress.

Having the usual order or sequence.

(finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.

Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.

Prominent, emphasized (or, in combinations, emphasizing).

(obsolete) Ready; prompt; ardently inclined; in a bad sense, eager or hasty.

adverb

At, near or towards the front of something.

(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

In the direction in which someone or something is facing.

In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.

So that front and back are in the usual orientation.

In the usual order or sequence.

Into the future.

To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.

Roots

weardward- · Old English · toward, direction

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